Michele Parente

Writer

Michele Parente is the Dining, Wine + Lifestyle reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Her areas of expertise include the Valle de Guadalupe wine region, fashion, television, women's issues and coverage of aging, such as the impact of Alzheimer's and dementia and family caregiving. Michele is the former Sunday and features editor, where she oversaw profiles, special projects, such as the Legacy of WWII and in-depth reports on a variety of topics. She joined the U-T in 2003, supervising coverage areas that have included features, fashion, TV, Food, Consumer Health and Arts & Entertainment. Previously, Michele was the assistant features editor at The Oregonian, in Portland, as well as the Portland City Hall reporter. She spent 10 years at New York Newsday as a reporter on the crime, education, state legislature and New York City Hall beats. She was part of a team that won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting. A native New Yorker, Michele received her B.A. in political science and Italian Literature at UC Berkeley. In 1980, she studied at L’Università di Urbino, in Italy. One of her life's goals is to make her way through each of the world's great wine regions.

Recent Articles

Get ready to line up for Salt & Straw. No umbrella needed. Portland's cult ice cream shop is opening its first San Diego location in Little Italy sometime this winter. It's fitting that one of the trendier food brands coming out of Portland (see Pok Pok, Voodoo Doughnut and "Portlandia") would...

Bice, the popular, elegant Italian restaurant in the Gaslamp is closing today. Partner and executive chef Mario Cassineri attributed the closure - dinner service tonight will be its last - to lower demand and higher costs. "Unfortunately, fine dining does not have the draw it once had," Cassineri...

Congratulations, you made it to Comic-Con - evil online badge lotteries and expense be damned. You're officially the envy of every nerd and cool kid on the planet and beyond. But this week, not even your ticket invincibility is going to grant you more time (wait, they're already lining up for...

It's the most prevalent sign of the times on La Mesa Boulevard - "Coming Soon." There it is on the future Fourpenny House, whose front window at 8323 La Mesa Blvd. proclaims it's bringing bread, beer and sprits to the street. There's Curbside Eatery + Drinkery, with its announcement that it's...

If you want flashy, this dinner isn't for you. If you want polish, quality and deliciousness, have a seat. Little Italy's Kettner Exchange and Napa's Cakebread Cellar - both curiously under the radar - are coming together for a five-course wine dinner that will put them, and keep them, on your...

Hungry for something to do this weekend? Here's why the Taste of Adams Avenue should be on your menu plan. When it is: Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Why you should go: Like a scrumptious (not-annoying) visit to "It's a Small World," follow the global flavors along San Diego's tastiest thoroughfare from...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story said that the Berry Good Foundation event was free. According to the event website, "There will be a fee to attend Berry Good Night on a sliding scale (more details to come). All proceeds will benefit the Berry Good Food Foundation." If you think...